Holiday History
The November parties in Cartagena celebrate the day when Cartagena became the first Colombian city and the second in South America to declare its independence from the Spanish....


Published: 05.04.2019
November is an important month for Cartagenians, if not the most important month of the entire calendar year.
The parades fill the streets, the concerts take over the plazas, and the city explodes in a month-long party. The Independence Day of Cartagena is an event that neither the locals nor the tourists can miss.